I painted the headboard white from its original brown. The chandelier stayed as it was. I switched up the lamps, and moved the old ones into the living room. Those lamps are little $10 thrift store finds that I spray painted silver.

They got modern little drum shades and look great!

I also updated the pillows, which is one of my favorite parts of the room. I'm kinda obsessed with making pillows. I made two blue pillows from silky upholstery fabric.

I added an accent pillow using only a basic white pillow I made and a sharpie. Seriously, a sharpie. I was inspired by the Kravet Windsor Smith Riad Pillows, but was not inspired by the price tag. So, per usual, I made my own for free.

That is a super pretty bedroom and I love the stripes. My 6 and 8 year old girls want turquoise for their bedroom makeover and I'm thining I will do some stripes like that - I just can't bring myself to paint the walls totally turquiose! I'm a white lovin' gal!!

This room is so pretty!! I just LOVE painting in grey. I did my living room that way this year after trying it out in the Master. I can't decide how I'm going to decorate my guest room, but this is just lovely. I can hardly believe a sharpie made a pillow look fabulous. I try to keep the sharpies far away from the kiddos because they try decorating with them--not so pretty. Would you mind also linking this to my Making Space Mondays? I'm trying to get it up and running.

Hi Virginia, I love how your guest room turned out! I am currently looking to redo my craft/guest room, and am going back and forth on wall colors, I really like how lively your gray walls are, and might even consider painting it that. Thanks for the inspiration, I am pinning this to remind myself.

Found you through tatertots & jello...love the oomph this added to your guest room. Small definitely never means you have to go small on design! Great job...stop by my blog if you'd like =)www.emersongreydesigns.comTake care!

I stumbled across your blog today through pinterest, I'm captivated! I love it! I want to do the stripes in my master bedroom. I have a brown tufted headboard, what would be a good color to go with the brown stripes? White?

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Hi! I'm Virginia! I'm a newlywed & new homeowner who loves decorating and DIY projects. Making something new out of something old is what inspires me! I'm constantly looking for affordable ways to transform our house! This is my place to share inspirations and DIY! Oh, and maybe talk a little bit about my love for very fat cats. View my story